Hong Kong Protesters Fill Streets in Biggest March in Months

Hundreds of thousands of antigovernment demonstrators took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday, showing strong support for a pro-democracy protest movement that started in June. The peaceful flashlight rally was the city’s biggest march in months. Photo: Thomas Peter/Reuters

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Stu Woo

Natasha Khan

HONG KONG—Six months after an estimated one million people marched in an antigovernment rally, large crowds again took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in a renewed sign of demonstrators’ determination to wrest democratic concessions from their leaders.

The mostly peaceful, family-filled rally contrasted with months of growing tension and violence between democracy activists and police leading up to district council elections two weeks ago in which pro-Beijing candidates were routed.